Carol Motsinger

Does anyone work flat???

I have always worked vertically on a table top easel. I would like to do some progress videos but it would be easier if I was working flat on the table. Hoping to get some people's experiances

Experimenting with a limited palette

After doing an extremely detailed and colorful wildlife painting I wanted to do somehting very different. So I did this genre piece. Using limited colors and less detail than most of my work. I enjoye…

Marketing without co pilot

What is available for ASF members who don't use co pilot? Is there a calendar? a way to send emails? without using other programs outside of ASF

what do you do when other artist highjack your post?

I posted a finished painting on facebook and got way more engagement than I normally do. It was after a long period of not painting due to depression, I talked about it in the post. But going through…

Finally finished!

Finally finished the blue heron. Pan pastels and pastel pencils on pastelmat

Leprechaun respite

happy July! #celtic

What to do when you run out of Motivation

I have a unfinished painting on my board, it has been there since first of April. I can't get motivated to go back to it. I painted like crazy for an April show and after finishing the enteries I was…

Hi, I'm Carol Motsinger! 👋

Hi everyone! I create realistic pastel paintings. I’m here to connect with fellow artists, share stories, and find inspiration to deepen my craft and celebrate the natural world through art.